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6 Picture yourself

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Starting off

1 Work in pairs. The Times newspaper and the Tate
Gallery in London held a drawing challenge in which
they asked young people aged 11–18 to submit a self-
portrait. Look at these submissions to the challenge.

t Which picture appeals to you most?
t What impression do you have of each artist’s
personality?
2 6.1 Listen to three of the artists speaking. Which
do you think are their self-portraits? Why?
Speaker A:
Speaker B:
Speaker C:
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3 Which of these adjectives / adjective phrases did
each speaker use?

a bit self-conscious aggressive approachable
moody neat nice to be around not threatening
really serious sincere thoughtful unadventurous
uptight
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4 Work in pairs. Describe a photograph of yourself
which you like.

t Where are you?
t What are you doing?
t What are you wearing? 3
t Who are you with?
t What expression do have on your face?
t What impression do you think the photo gives of your
personality? If possible, use some of the adjectives
from Exercise 3.
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